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With MegaHouse and Bandai rarely releasing interesting figures these days, we’re missing out on getting some major character versions in the One Piece Portrait of Pirates and Figuarts Zero figure lines.

It is truly a testament to how far MegaHouse has fallen in the past years that I’m talking about a “Kabuki Monkey D. Luffy Portrait of Pirates figure” today and it’s not even the oddest One Piece POP figure I’ve talked about this week! Yes, you read this right: this article is about a Kabuki-themed PVC figure of Monkey D. Luffy. But hey, as insane as it’s going to sound, this figure is actually pretty spectacular! The limited One Piece Portrait of Pirates Kabuki Luffy figure is now up for order–should you order one?

Seeing as how the One Piece has sold 320 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling manga of all-time, it’s only natural that non-Asian merchandisers would eventually want to cash in on the series’ success. And what better company to do so than the hottest up-and-coming toy company in the world, Funko? With a first quartet consisting of Luffy, Chopper, Ace and Trafalgar Law, the Funko One Piece POP Vinyls figures are now up for order!

Welcome back, One Piece collectors! No, I don’t blame you for thinking that I’d abandoned you. It’s just that there hasn’t been a whole lot worth talking about on the One Piece collectibles front. The Winter MegaHobby EXPO was a disgrace as far as One Piece figures go, and I haven’t been able to get up the gumption to talk about it.

I was really afraid that as soon as the 5th Anniversary One Piece Figuarts Zero figure line came to an end, Bandai Tamashii would put the line on ice. And I was right–for a time. While we haven’t had a new One Piece FAZ solicited in three months now, the hiatus is finally over!

Well, it was nice while it lasted. After two years of limited and inconsistent releases, Bandai Japan finally got the One Piece Figuarts Zero line back on track with the monthly 5th Anniversary Series of figures, with one newly-sculpted figure being released each month for the latter half of 2015. I had hoped that the 5th Anniversary might be a “rolling” anniversary year and we’d see another six figures in 2016, but alas. Bandai Tamashii Nations has confirmed the sixth release in the lineup will be the final entry. Luckily, it’s a blockbuster–the One Piece Figuarts Zero 5th Anniversary Luffy & Law figure is now up for order!

Sales and popularity of One Piece toys and collectibles are on a definite downswing in 2015, and every merchandiser out there is looking to reignite their brand with intended blockbuster releases. MegaHouse is pumping out highly Limited Portrait of Pirates figures, while Bandai has begun releasing new versions of the Figuarts Zero Straw Hat Pirates. Meanwhile, Banpresto’s approach is revisiting one of their most popular items of all-time, with the all-new One Piece DXF Brotherhood II Sabo, Ace and Luffy figures now up for order!

It feels like eternity since a new One Piece Figuarts Zero figure went up for order. And while it hasn’t been quite that long, it has been a really long time since I had a new mass-release Bandai One Piece figure to talk about. Now, I’m sure everyone is hoping for an all-new character like Figuarts Zero Kyros or Pica or Diamante, but those just aren’t in the cards right now. We’re going to have to take any port in a storm, and that means we need to welcome any new 2015 Figuarts Zero One Piece figure: including the One Piece Figuarts Zero 5th Anniversary Edition Monkey D. Luffy figure!